Monday, October 8, 2012

Perfect brown rice!

FINALLY!! Perfect brown rice - in about 45 minutes! I cannot describe how elated I am! This has truly changed my life!

Confession: I have always struggled with cooking brown rice. It's never turned out right, and most of the time I wouldn't exactly classify it as edible. I did the standard rice cooking method - adding water and rice together in a
saucepot, bringing to a boil, covering and cooking on low 45 minutes.
It was gummy. Soggy. Chewy. Yukky. Desperate, I became addicted to TJ's frozen brown rice. Definitely not economical, and cooking a plastic bag in the microwave didn't sit well with me. But what was a brown rice loving girl to do?

Recently, I even put out a plea on facebook for advice on rice cookers that did brown rice well. I got plenty of advice - most suggested a $275 rice cooker named Zojirushi. Somehow I couldn't justify a machine that cost that much to make 30 cents worth of rice. Besides, I didn't need another machine in my kitchen (especially a one-trick pony). There had to be a better way. Anyways, so in my continued search, I came across a new method - boiling the rice. Sounded weird, but I was desperate enough to try it. It looked easy enough so I followed the simple directions. I think I truly jumped for joy when I tasted it! Cooked perfect, it was light and fluffy even. You've gotta try this! You will feel like such a winner, I promise. PERFECT BROWN RICE

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I live in a rural pocket of Los Angeles and am a Christian, a wife, a mother, and a grammie. My family is my biggest joy. I simply love being a homemaker and sharing bits of our blessed ranch life here on my blog.
Why "e-wife"? My husband nicknamed me that because I buy anything I can online. So, contrary to popular belief, the "e" actually stands for "electronic" and not "excellent" - though I do strive to be an excellent wife! ~ Proverbs 31:10